The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-21
GEN. AvERrrL N The SOUTH.
The Gallant Soldier Captured by
Warm Hearts

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Frozs IA Ns,r TorS SCR.
Gen W. W Ave-lIl. having returned
from his t-.p South 81 THURSDAY, was forced
to bod Ievea a. rs cfioe On BToadway
Yesterday 50 nu-u=ggGss were tie callers who
dropped IN 70 So him and Congratulate him
on his reception by the VIrginians-
4 reporter fosInd the General with his coat
OF vigorously welding a broad palm leaf
and chatting with q circle Of Wall street.
brokers. who were eagerly listening 70 the
Generals opinions and conclusions ID refer
errs 20 the new SngI-n In answer 70 the
reporters question how be liked his recep-
ton az Stanton, Va, he replied;
1t beat anything l ever saw OF rad
shout The day thai ! arrived there-
June 6-tls CITY was tnrulge1 with
people. ard the three principal streets were
- density IEcsssd that vehicles cOuld not
move about In them The Stars and Stripes
were seen every-xhere. and loyalty 10 the
Cd tag seemed u SPEAK from the co5ble
stones on the stree Bur talk about entnu-
slssn, That night. when Governor Lee in
t-ys3Erad ice 10 the great audience IN the
o1sz-s house. every man woman and child
STOOD I'D. shouted. eheered and shouted and
che@Ts-1 again, until We thought they would
never ceaSe-
i wasn't preuarsd for II. because am
than / did I took three batteries from
t5sn. and az no time were they giving bat
terIes away Besides, used 20 follow them,
ard II was Just my luck 10 drop around
with my command about the time they
were having things easy No, sir never
l spared the men; only the women, the chill
I dran and the houses. / never slept in
house, nor did permit any OF my men to
I do 80. So you see when those SOutherners
wslt Wild over my appearance 1t rather
/ took ne Of nv pes
We'll. talked 10 them. and after awhile
gave them INV opinions Of the origin and
/ results Of the war. I said, remembering
/ that the organized aggregate Of humanity
I called sOcietT-the parent OF government
/ derives It's character from the character Of
[ the labor that supports it; the North and
/ SouSh were entirely sustained BY entirely
/ different forms OF labor. ard that the differ
/ ent social conditions which resulted were
[ originally united by the ties OF helpfulnes
( and mutual dependence IN resisting the op-
prsSve exactions Of the mother country
/ and achieved the Independence OF the re-
/ public and tried TO perpetuate the States by
l adopting the constitution
1 Men OF both social conditions strove long
/ 20 maintain the Union In spite Of national
I and irresistible Universities which sprang
/ from social political and commercial antag-
/ olism between these social conditions, which
no government devised could repress The
| eighth generation of Americans could no
| longer harmonic, and resorted 70 arbitra-
/ uaent OF arms the strength of Southern
society was measured by 1905, 900 of men
/ and S, 900, 000.0 COO
Incidentally and necessarily the charac-
/ ter OF human labor became homogeneous
/ throughout the land. Political parties had
4 no more 70 do with the cause Of the war
I than the church militant has to do with
/ earthquakes The costly lesson that we
/ learned was that labor was the lever that
/ moves the world of human life, and in a re-
/ public it must be free. It is unregulated
whenever any portion of its wages are ex-
| pended on fictitious values"
| What were the main incidents Of your
/ STAY in Dixie LandI'
| During my stay I was dined and wined
/ and lionized generally. 1t so happened that
| a number of condolences occurred in the
/ shape of anniversaries of war events with
| which l was prominently connected while
| there, and to this was due considerable of
/ the enthusiasm
How did things strike you from a COM
| mercial standpoint
| The evidences throughout Virginia. both
in the country and towns, show great &C
tivity and prosperity. PrOprietors and
| planters are getting labor cheaper than they
| did before the war, when they had it for
nothing, and while they are steadily ac-
| quiring wealth, enlarging enterprises and
| cultivating acres the negroes are establish
ing homes and paying for them.
The labor question Of this country Is
now the only important one engaging the
| attention of earnest politicians and states
| men. Let the useful arts Of the country sur
vive and let irritating "reminiscences be for
! gotten"